Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

A harrowing true story of choices and consequences.As a teenager, Elle Mott descended into hopelessness. Her life as a criminal…

Human being has the will power to travel through an exhausting journey, win a tough battle, and heal a deep…

From the iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs…

A therapist creates moving portraits of five of her most memorable patients, men and women she considers psychological heroes.Catherine Gildiner…

“Full of vivid detail and emotion… Compelling” (Kirkus Reviews): Amid the violent political unrest of the early 1980s, Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller and her family embarked on a five-year journey to escape Afghanistan. She recounts the harrowing events in this “remarkable tale of one family’s tenacious will to survive” (Booklist).

‘Terrific and enthralling’ New Scientist Fifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land…

Born in 1934, the Dionne Quintuplets attracted global attention from the minute they defied medical history and news broke of their survival against all odds. Learn their story in this “thorough, fascinating deep dive into the lives of five girls who captured the attention of millions” (Booklist starred review).

A New York Times bestseller: Over 14 years, a serial killer operated silently, swiftly, and undetected. Known for burying “kill kits” across the country, Israel Keyes remains an enigma whose true number of victims is still unverified. “Prepare to lose sleep. Prepare to skip meals” (New York Times bestselling author Adam Makos).

Fresh out of college, Nick Fillmore landed his first job as an editor — and soon discovered the publication was a front for a massive drug operation. In this riveting memoir, he relays his experiences of a year spent smuggling heroin around the world.

In 1960, with a mere £40 in his pocket, 18-year-old Ronald Mackay hitched from Scotland to Spain then took a…